Asiana Crash Landing: Vehicle May Run over Chinese Victim

　　Photo taken on July 8, 2013 shows a picture of Wang Linjia (R) and Ye Mengyuan on a mobile phone, at Jiangshan Middle School in Jiangshan, east China's Zhejiang Province. Two Chinese passengers, Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan, were killed in a crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 at the San Francisco airport on Saturday morning. The two girls are both students of Jiangshan Middle School. Their family members headed for the United States on Monday. [Photo: Xinhua/Han Chuanhao]

 

　　Related: Asiana Airlines CEO Denies Inexperience of Pilot

 

　　US investigators¹ have been reviewing airport surveillance video to determine whether an emergency vehicle ran over one of two teenage girls killed in Saturday's Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco.

 

　　So far authorities say they have not been able to reach any conclusions.

 

　　CRI's Su Yi with the latest update.

 

　　US National Transportation Safety Board Chair Deborah Hersman is describing the possibility one of the two girls who died was run over a "very serious issue."

 

　　"We are reviewing video, airport surveillance video, to understand also what happened and I will tell you, at least the initial read of the video by our investigators, they shared with me that it wasn't conclusive², so we really need to work and talk with people, conduct additional interviews and let the coroner do their work."

 

　　A fire department spokesperson says the Chinese teenager had "injuries consistent with those of having been run over by a vehicle."

 

　　Autopsies³ to determine the cause of death is still underway.

 

　　The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 slammed into the runway at San Francisco airport Saturday morning, leaving two Chinese middle school students dead.

 

　　The crash also left 180 others injured.

 

　　Six are still in critical condition.

 

　　The two girls killed were among a group of 30 students and five teachers from Zhejiang.

 

　　They were on their way to a summer camp in the United States.

 

　　Meanwhile, Asiana Airlines Chief Executive, Yoon Yong-doo, is dismissing speculation⁴ one of the pilots was too in-experienced.

 

　　However, the airline does conceed one of the pilots of the Asiana plane was still "in training" for the 777.

 

　　"A senior pilot was in charge of the flight. So I cannot tolerate the speculation. I would appreciate if you understand that it is not true. We expect all flight records and analysis be available after decoding⁵ of the black box has taken place."

 

　　South Korean transport officials say it was the pilot's first time landing a 777 at the airport in San Francisco.

 

　　He did fly to that airport 29 times on different types of aircraft.

 

　　The initial investigation⁶ shows the jet was flying too slowly when it approached the runway.

 

　　The plane's crew tried to abort⁷ the descent less than two seconds before it hit a seawall.

 

　　The impact ripped off the plane's tail.

 

　　The plane eventually came to a standstill and eventually caught fire.

 

　　As the investigation takes place, the parents of the Chinese victims are heading to the US.

 

　　They include the relatives of the teenage girls who were killed in the crash, as well as another two Chinese nationals injured in Saturday's crash.

 

　　"We will go to the hospital first. We still don't know exactly how injured he is. They have announced the news that he survived, but we don't know anything more detailed⁸. His teacher said he is still there in the intensive care unit."

 

　　Meanwhile, Chinese foreign Ministry⁹ Spokesperson Hua Chunying says the US government is cooperating with the Chinese side.

 

　　"The U.S. side has already expressed that they will provide whatever help and assistance they can."

 

　　Meanwhile, education authorities in the city of Quzhou in Zhejiang have suspended all summer camps and overseas study tours in the wake of the accident.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Su Yi.

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 conclusive   

adj.最后的，结论的；确凿的，消除怀疑的

参考例句：

• They produced some fairly conclusive evidence.他们提供了一些相当确凿的证据。
• Franklin did not believe that the French tests were conclusive.富兰克林不相信这个法国人的实验是结论性的。

3 autopsies   

n.尸体解剖( autopsy的名词复数 )；验尸；现场验证；实地观察

参考例句：

• Autopsies cannot be performed and thus no recent histological examinations have been reported. 不能进行尸体解剖，因此没有新近的组织学检查的报道。 来自辞典例句
• I told you to supervise autopsies, not to set up a lot of fancy rules. 我叫你监督解剖室，不是去制定一些空想的规定。 来自辞典例句

4 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

5 decoding   

n.译码，解码v.译（码），解（码）( decode的现在分词 )；分析及译解电子信号

参考例句：

• We cannot add any other memory to this system without further decoding. 如果不增加译码，就不能使系统的存贮容量有任何扩展。 来自辞典例句
• Examples using the 8250 will be presented in hardware section to clarify full-decoding schemes. 在硬件一节中有应用说明全译码方案8250的例子。 来自辞典例句

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 abort   

v.使流产，堕胎；中止；中止(工作、计划等)

参考例句：

• The captain instructed them to abort the mission.上尉指示他们中止执行任务。
• With this button the user can abort the audio sequence.用户可以用该按钮终止音频序列。

8 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

9 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。